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Lavinia Fenton
English actress Lavinia Fenton was beautiful, lively, and vivacious. But life hasn't always been kind to her. Born in Charing Cross, probably the daughter of a sailor her mother had a brief fling with,...
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Historical Reads: The Strange Wax Effigy of Sarah Hare
© Evelyn SimakJane Austen's World remembers Sarah Hare, a 18th century spinster who made a particular request in her will. To quote:Sarah made no extraordinary contributions to this world except one –...
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Painting The Regency
The RequestBorn during the Victorian era, Edmund Blair Leighton was an English painter of historical genre scenes, specializing in Regency and medieval subjects. His paintings aren't always accurate,...
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Book Review: The Congress Of Vienna And Its Legacy: War And Great Power...
The French Revolution changed the history of Europe irrevocably. It challenged the social order of the ancient regime and the legitimacy of kings and all hereditary ranks, unleashed nationalism and the...
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Madame Tison Goes Mad
Madame Tison was one of the people appointed to guard the French Royal family imprisoned at the Temple. Her horrible behaviour towards the prisoners and her spying activities caused her to go mad....
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Grand Duchess Elisabeth of Russia: Royal Saint And Martyr
Queen Victoria disliked Russia. She considered it a backward, unstable country with a very uncertain future. So, it was with strong reservations that she received the news her beloved granddaughter...
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Marie Antoinette's Beauty & Fashion Secrets
Marie Antoinette was famous for her beautiful looks and charm, but such beauty, as women know all too well, is rarely natural. It often requires a little helping hand. And, as Queen of France, Marie...
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Book Review: Medieval Tastes: Food, Cooking, And The Table
There's a lot more to food than taste, smell and appearance. Its origin, cultivation, consumption, and symbolism, can tells us a lot about the people who eat it, their status in society, and the...
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Court Dress, 1820
I was recently browsing an old edition of the Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions &c, as you do, when I came across this beautiful court dress, accessorized with a multitude of ostrich...
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Rudolph Ackermann: Inventor, Publisher, & Businessman
Over the years, I have shared with you many beautiful fashion prints taken by Ackermann's Repository, a British periodical popular in the first few decades of the 19th century. Every time I browse the...
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Louis XVI: His Childhood And Education
Louis Auguste de France, Duke of Berry and future king Louis XVI, was born on 23rd August 1754. Little is known about his early years. The baby just wasn't important enough to have his every step and...
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Book Reviews: Helen Of Sparta, Talent For Humanity, & Creative Schools
Hello everyone,today I want to share some of the best, most inspiring books I have read this month. Enjoy!Helen of Sparta by Amalia CarosellaHelen of Sparta, the face who launched a thousand ships, was...
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Emperor Joseph Visits Versailles
From the time of Louis XVI.'s accession to the throne, the Queen had been expecting a visit from her brother, the Emperor Joseph II. That Prince was the constant theme of her discourse. She boasted of...
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Maria Theresa Of Spain, First Wife Of Louis XIV
Maria Theresa of Spain, the daughter of King Philip IV, and his wife Elisabeth of France, was born at El Escorial in 1638. Sadly, her mother died when she was only 6, and her father, who adored his...
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Celebrity Sightings At Vauxhall Gardens
Vauxhall Gardens, a pleasure garden located in Kennington on the south bank of the River Thames, was one of the leading venues for public entertainment in London, from the mid-17th century to the...
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Book Review: Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft...
Mary Wollstonecraft died a few days after giving birth to her daughter, Mary Shelley. Yet, even from beyond the grave, she played a big part in her daughter's upbringing and had a big influence on her...
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Wedding Etiquette
The circumstances under which weddings take place are so varied, and the religious forms observed in their solemnization so numerous, that to lay down rules applicable to all cases would be a matter of...
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Catharine Macaulay, The First English Female Historian
Catharine Macaulay became famous overnight. She shocked the British public not with her beauty (she wasn't very pretty) nor a scandalous affair with a man (that would come later). She owned her fame to...
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Mother And Child
The Kite by Charles SimsThe birthday cake by Franz Verhas Madame Georges Hugo and her son Jean by Giovanni Boldini Mother And Child by Émile LévyThe Bedtime Story by Arthur Elsley Like No Other Love by...
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Book Reviews: Headlines Headaches and the Human Condition, Talk RX, & What...
Hello everyone,ready for today's book reviews? Let's get started:Headlines, Headaches and the Human Condition by Steve Whiddett This book sounded very promising. In the blurb, the author argues that,...
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